We don’t create representations of visual stimuli, store them in a short-term memory buffer, and then transfer the representation into a long-term memory device.
This is exactly what you're talking about. We do do this, for liberal definitions of the terms "buffer", "transfer", and "device" in the brain. Of course there's no "device" in there in the typical sense of the word!
This is exactly what you're talking about. We do do this, for liberal definitions of the terms "buffer", "transfer", and "device" in the brain. Of course there's no "device" in there in the typical sense of the word!